Elementary Christian Metaphysics Summary

In the Epilogue of An Elementary Christian Metaphysics by Owens, the author summarizes what was argued and discussed throughout the book. The crucial points that were discussed in this section include the definition of Metaphysics, Christian Metaphysics and how it contrasts to Christianity, as well as its status in science and the subject of Metaphysics. Overall, Owens provided a conclusion of his arguments that summarized what the Metaphysics course is about and how it is understood and determined.
Metaphysics is a deep understanding of what a being is and how it relates to the universe, how it leads to the supernatural and explains how metaphysics is a science. In simple terms, being is existing or an existent. It is known through judgment, the rebounding of one’s attention from the commonality to the particularities, in sensible things. Being is common to all things through what Owens mentioned as a free efficient causality, which is how a subject is brought into existence (p.365). A being gives rise to an essence, which is sameness in a multiplicity of …show more content…
Most of the claims Owens made in the epilogue, corresponded to what was taught in this course, but a few differences were pointed out. For Christian metaphysics, both agreed that Christianity and this subject was or should be kept apart. In the course, it was established from the beginning that it would only provide the possibility of God being the creator. Whereas Owens provided reasons of how the two are different and how they’re similar. However, in the epilogue, Owens mentioned that God was the cause of all existing things, which contradicts what was taught in the course. In terms of being a science, Metaphysics is a knowledge through causes, the causes of a being and how it leads to the supernatural. In addition, it was established in the course that God could not be the subject of this science because the subject was being as